UPS for fc3 linux

[Hongwei Li]

> On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:26 am, Hongwei Li wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anybody know if a good UPS with automatic safe-shuting-down and
>> startup features available for fc3 linux system?  Basically, I need:
>>
>> 1. If there is a power outage, the UPS uses its battery to provide power
>> to the linux system (5 to 10 minutes, or longer).  When the batter's
>> power
>> goes down to some level, say 50%, and the AC power is still not back,
>> the
>> UPS will shutdown the linux system normally to avoid any damage.
>
> I use an APC Back-UPS Pro 500 with a USB interface.  The software included
> is
> for windows, however, a bit of looking around, I found a UPS howto
> (probably
> at Linux Document Project (www.tldp.org).  It referenced a daemon
> "apcupsd",
> which seems to do the job.  I was a little leery of the USB interface, but
> it
> seems to just work.  Also check out http://www.apcupsd.com/.
>

Thank you very much for the information!

Hongwei